The New English Table by Rose Prince, published in hardback by Fourth Estate priced £25 Hot on the heels of The New English Kitchen (a guide to shopping, cooking and eating naturally and cost-effectively) comes Rose Prince's take on affordable and easy good food.

Rose makes much of her two tables' - one for everyday meals, the other for the occasional feast.

She talks about the rhythms' of cooking and eating, and describes how to make the most of ingredients that cost more, but don't cost the earth.

And she explains how to make fabulous meals from leftovers - making those more expensive ingredients go further, getting every last little drop of goodness out of something.

Here you will find suggestions for ingredients that can hardly be described as run-of-the-mill cobnuts and crayfish, gurnard and grouse, rabbit and roses.

While from simple sources, like lentils, cockles and beans comes brown lentils with red wine, carrots and thyme', a dish that goes with everything; cockle, potato and garlic hotpot'; and white bean broth with buttered tomato and lettuce'.

The New English Table's 200 recipes will have you rushing to the kitchen to try them. But this is also a thought-provoking culinary tome thanks to Rose Prince's inspiring approach to how we should be cooking today.